realtor.com - New home buyers have a big appetite for larger homes, according to preliminary data recently released by the United States Census Bureau––suggesting that home sizes set a new record in 2013.

The average size of a new home has increased more than 300 square feet in the last five years, to 2,679 square feet in 2013 from 2,362 square feet in 2009, according to the census data in a report published by the National Association of Home Builders.